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Government Transfers and Political Support [PDF]

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011
This paper estimates the impact of a large anti-poverty cash transfer program, the Uruguayan PANES, on political support for the government that implemented it. Using the discontinuity in program assignment based on a pretreatment eligibility score, we find that beneficiary households are 11 to 13 percentage points more likely to favor the current ...
Manacorda, Marco, Miguel, Edward, Vigorito, Andrea   +2 more
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Antitumor Effects of Cannabinoids in Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cell Line (Capan-2)-Derived Xenograft Mouse Model

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
BackgroundPancreatic cancer is considered a rare type of cancer, but the mortality rate is high. Cannabinoids extracted from the cannabis plant have been interested as an alternative treatment in cancer patients.
Siriwan Sakarin, Nuntana Meesiripan, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Nuntakan Suwanpidokkul, Piyaporn Prayakprom, Chatchada Bodhibukkana, Vipada Khaowroongrueng, Kankanit Suriyachan, Somchai Thanasittichai, Attasit Srisubat, Pattamaporn Surawongsin, Kasem Rattanapinyopituk   +11 more
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Giving patients a voice: a participatory evaluation of patient engagement in Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research

Research Involvement and Engagement, 2020
Background Efforts to engage patients as partners in health research have grown and thereby the need for feedback and evaluation. In this pilot evaluation study, we aimed to 1) evaluate patient engagement in health research projects in Newfoundland and ...
Lidewij Eva Vat, Mike Warren, Susan Goold, Everard (Bud) Davidge, Nicole Porter, Tjerk Jan Schuitmaker-Warnaar, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Holly Etchegary   +7 more
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Technology Acceptance Model in an Environmental and Organizational Context (evidence from Kazakhstan)

Theory, Methodology, Practice, 2021
The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of the environmental and organizational moderators on farmers’ e-commerce adoption behaviour. Data were collected from 384 wheat farmers in Kazakhstan.
Aigul Meirmanova
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Development and Evaluation of Active Case Detection Methods to Support Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination in India

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
As India moves toward the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem, comprehensive timely case detection has become increasingly important, in order to reduce the period of infectivity and control outbreaks.
Pushkar Dubey, Aritra Das, Khushbu Priyamvada, Joy Bindroo, Tanmay Mahapatra, Prabhas Kumar Mishra, Ankur Kumar, Ana O. Franco, Basab Rooj, Bikas Sinha, Sreya Pradhan, Indranath Banerjee, Manash Kumar, Nasreen Bano, Chandan Kumar, Chandan Prasad, Parna Chakraborty, Rakesh Kumar, Niraj Kumar, Aditya Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Kumar Kundan, Sunil Babu, Hemant Shah, Morchan Karthick, Nupur Roy, Naresh Kumar Gill, Shweta Dwivedi, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Allen W. Hightower, Lloyd A C. Chapman, Lloyd A C. Chapman, Chandramani Singh, Madan Prasad Sharma, Neeraj Dhingra, Caryn Bern, Sridhar Srikantiah   +36 more
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Misogynistic Influences of Female Managers in Local Governments: A Social Construction or Lived Experience

Social Sciences, 2022
There is a disdain for women in leadership positions in South African local government, and this can be attributed to manifold factors. Some of these factors may include distrust of women’s capacity or capability and leadership styles, flexibility and ...
Josephine Ahiante, Emeka Ndaguba
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Diversification, government support, and firm performance

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
Many companies have been and are implementing diversification to take advantage of capital, reduce risks, and increase revenue for enterprises. At the same time, government support is considered to have positive implications for companies. This study was
Lan Nguyen-Thi-Huong, Duy Van Nguyen, Loc Xuan Tran   +2 more
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Government Support During COVID-19 and Corruption

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2023
We analyze the allocation and effectiveness of government support in response to the COVID-19 outbreak across a nationally representative sample of firms in 32 countries representing different levels of institutional transparency.
Zana Beqiri Luma, Rilind Ademi
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Government Support for Universities: Regional Coverage

Высшее образование в России, 2022
The aim of the study is to assess the degree of involvement of various Russian regions in the implementation of governmental projects for university support, which is essential for the balanced development of national higher education system and the ...
V. L. Parkacheva, I. B. Trostyanskaya, E. G. Grishakina, N. A. Polikhina   +3 more
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Development of wheelchair simulator for training of wheelie motion

Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2020
The purpose of this research is to develop a VR simulator that can safely train wheelie, which is a stepping technique for manual wheelchair users. The equation of motion of the wheelchair was shown, and the actual wheelchair motion was compared with the
Naoyuki BANDO, Manabu KONDO, Takahiro IKEDA, Hironao YAMADA   +3 more
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